Do not get into a fight if you can possibly avoid it. If you get in, see it through. Don't hit if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting, but never hit soft. Don't hit at all if you can help it; don't hit a man if you can possibly avoid it; but if you do hit him, put him to sleep.
Theodore RooseveltA just war is in the long run far better for a man's soul than the most prosperous peace.
Theodore RooseveltI entirely appreciate loyalty to one"s friends, but loyalty to the cause of justice and honor stands above it.
Theodore RooseveltThe wise and honorable and Christian thing to do is to treat each black man and each white man (or any person) on his merits as a man, giving him no more and no less than he is worthy to have.
Theodore Roosevelt